Recently Diagnosed

Caimbeul said:

Hey people Im My name is Caimbeul (Campbell) its scottish spelling. I live in New Zealand im 18 and found out I had type 1 about 3 weeks ago.
Ill stop boring you now lol

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I realised I had type 1 when I was drinking lots and not eating. I would ALWAYS be thirsty. When I went to hospital I was in there for 6 days and on my first day my blood sugar level was 44.1 I am now using insulin to counter carbs

Hello Caimbeul, welcome to Diabetes Forum! Tell us more about yourself and your control. Are you having good blood sugar levels now? Ask all the questions you want. We want to help.

Richard

Richard157 said:

Hello Caimbeul, welcome to Diabetes Forum! Tell us more about yourself and your control. Are you having good blood sugar levels now? Ask all the questions you want. We want to help.

Richard

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Thanks, Yes my levels are under control now, I take 4 units of protaphane from a insulin pen at night, 3 units in the morning. And I take Novarapid from an insulin for every meal, at the moment I count the carbs that are in the meal and then devide by 20 giving me the number of units I inject from the insulin pen

Welcome, Caimbeul, and thank you for joining us! You'll find a wealth of support, experience, knowledge & wisdom here, and I hope you'll feel comfortable and visit often.

I myself am a somewhat elderly type 2, and not on insulin yet, so I'll stay out of those discussions . . . But I'm really glad you're here - I think we can help you with many questions, and there are a jillion of those when you first get diagnosed.

take care & hurry back!